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[DD1903]

Sooner have him than Gleeson or Ball

Based on?

[Tord31]

Gleeson not being fit enough to run

 

Ball is probably a closer call but still dont fully trust him to not produce a stinker

[Ten Caat]

Every squad needs a couple of utility players that aren't expensive wages wise and can be trusted to play 20 games a season. Ball will this adequately.

 

Unless a sugar daddy willing to fire in upwards of £30 million or so to drastically improve our squad comes along....then I'm afraid all you Ball haters will just have to suck it up. At least the loon clearly loves playing for us and won't steal a wage

[DD1903]

Gleeson not being fit enough to run

 

Ball is probably a closer call but still dont fully trust him to not produce a stinker

I'd counter that with the hibs boy looked absolutely shite (worse than Gleeson) each time I saw him

[ThomohawkKid]

Ball is a good player.

[Yorston Vasey]

Ball is a good player.

Monopoly?

Tiddlywinks?

Hungry Hippos?

[Chewie37]

Monopoly?

Tiddlywinks?

Hungry Hippos?

Come on, he’s miles away from being DMs worst signing

[perthshirered]

Come on, he’s miles away from being DMs worst signing

Nowhere near being his worst signing, but he is not a good player, far from it.

[Chewie37]

Nowhere near being his worst signing, but he is not a good player, far from it.

Sorry, can’t agree with that at all

[ThomohawkKid]

Ball can actually pass the ball if he ever decided not to just lump it. I like him. Decent midfielder and can slot in several other positions when needed.

[Andy_123]

Balls a perfectly decent midfielder if he’s just asked to do the dirty work and let everyone else around him actually play football

[aberdeen1970]

Ball's OK for a squad player. A decent player to have on the bench.

[Davoli1903]

We have to get away from acquiring squad fillers. To progress we need to get quality.

We have a great youth set-up that we can use to fill squad.

[dazzy_deff]

He has little bursts of brilliance though!

 

Strange player

That free kick...ooft

[dazzy_deff]

Ball can actually pass the ball if he ever decided not to just lump it. I like him. Decent midfielder and can slot in several other positions when needed.

This

[GDON21]

We have to get away from acquiring squad fillers. To progress we need to get quality.

We have a great youth set-up that we can use to fill squad.

 

Ball is a good bit ahead of Campbell at the moment for this level. 

[Davoli1903]

Ball is a good bit ahead of Campbell at the moment for this level.

That maybe the case but why sign a player just to be a bench warmer. We have an abundance of talented youth who given their chance can excel is pointless. It just a cash wasting excercise when we don't have much in the first place.

[boboisared]

That free kick...ooft

And I don't think he has been allowed to take one since.

[WillieMiller]

See that boy Bartley at hibs is moving to Livingston. Remember folk in here were creaming their pants over him!? Lolz

A lot of decent players that we should have picked up. Halkett would have been a sensible bosman pick up.

[DD1903]

A lot of decent players that we should have picked up. Halkett would have been a sensible bosman pick up.

Sorry, are you saying Bartley would have been a good signing?! He is very very poor...

 

If I misread this, then I apologise

[fine-n-dandy]

Sorry, are you saying Bartley would have been a good signing?! He is very very poor...

If I misread this, then I apologise

Bartley is just a thug/beast. That's why Hibs fans love him so much. They see him as a Yogi Hughes type Hibs player

[Kiriakov33]

Motherwell sign Danish international Sloth

[Guest]

Do yous think our bottle merchant tag might hinder Scottish lads from joining at times?

 

As in, we can point to Europe all we want but we've never qualified for it proper since it was reformed as the Europa League.

 

We consistently enough play at Hampden but almost always find a way to let ourselves down/fail to have a go at it.

 

We've just finished 4th and are clearly a club with a manager out of ideas as to how to push that bit further and be genuinely successful.

 

We've only won the one league cup, which other clubs have managed to do in the last 10/15 years, some of them much smaller than us.

 

People talking about Halkett, it would surprise me if we hadn't offered him terms, he probably thought it doesn't matter if I play for Aberdeen, Hearts or Hibs, it's a bigger move for me, that's all. Our draw of European qualifiers isn't much of one imo.

 

Just food for thought, trying to get my head around why Ash Taylor would be considered a good option for us.

[Proud Dandy]

Motherwell sign Danish international Sloth

Far too slow and lacks energy

[craegDAMH]

People talking about Halkett, it would surprise me if we hadn't offered him terms, he probably thought it doesn't matter if I play for Aberdeen, Hearts or Hibs, it's a bigger move for me, that's all. Our draw of European qualifiers isn't much of one imo.

 

We spoke to Halkett but his missus works in Edinburgh so he wanted to stay central belt

[maryhilldon]

 

 

 

 

We've only won the one league cup, which other clubs have managed to do in the last 10/15 years, some of them much smaller than us.

 

 

How many of them have had to beat celtic to do so? We always come up against celtic.

[Yorston Vasey]

How many of them have had to beat celtic to do so? We always come up against celtic.

Inverness put Celtic out in the semis when they won the Scottish Cup, St Mirren did the same to Celtic in the League Cup. There's two already.

 

Edit: and of course County beat Celtic at Hampden in the semi when they won the League Cup too. So that's three.

[boboisared]

Do yous think our bottle merchant tag might hinder Scottish lads from joining at times?

 

As in, we can point to Europe all we want but we've never qualified for it proper since it was reformed as the Europa League.

 

We consistently enough play at Hampden but almost always find a way to let ourselves down/fail to have a go at it.

 

We've just finished 4th and are clearly a club with a manager out of ideas as to how to push that bit further and be genuinely successful.

 

We've only won the one league cup, which other clubs have managed to do in the last 10/15 years, some of them much smaller than us.

 

People talking about Halkett, it would surprise me if we hadn't offered him terms, he probably thought it doesn't matter if I play for Aberdeen, Hearts or Hibs, it's a bigger move for me, that's all. Our draw of European qualifiers isn't much of one imo.

 

Just food for thought, trying to get my head around why Ash Taylor would be considered a good option for us.

No.

[Ten Caat]

Do yous think our bottle merchant tag might hinder Scottish lads from joining at times?

 

 

No. I think it's more to do with location. We are fine signing local loon but if we want to sign a boy from down in the central belt....well their general perception is of Aberdeen being a bit of a backwater. They could sign with the Edinburgh clubs.....even StJ or the Dundee clubs  ………...and won't have to up sticks and move house but coming up here they obviously do have to.

 

We, for now (but the gap is closing), offer a bit better terms to new recruits than Hivs/Hearts. But if they have those clubs as an option as well as us, we have to significantly better their offers and this is what maybe made the difference in Halkett's case. (As it happens I'm glad he chose Hearts....don't think he is of the required standard. although Big Gash  )

[Wester Hailes Skins]

My tuppence although I wasn't asked.

 

Aberdeen's location makes it the Scottish version of Newcastle where they've sited location as a problem recruiting players for years.

 

When Hearts and even Hibs match salary offers, being in the central belt can be enough to swing it. Especially for English or overseas players.

 

Don't think it's any nearly men tag or culture thing.

 

On the upside, you seem to have beat us to Curtis Main.